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DYNASTIES

Benji Merrison & Will Slater

DISC ONE:
01 Dynasties Opening Titles

CHIMPANZEE
02 Offspring / Come To His Side
03 Jumkin Gets The Message / His Rivals Close Ranks
04 Find The Strength
05 David Left For Dead
06 David Returns Lost and Found
07 Dissent in the Ranks / The Long Grass
08 David Shows Strength
09 Not Willing to Accept
10 Rains

LION
19 Lion Intro
20 The Marsh Pride / Sienna Rejoins Pride
21 Hippo Chase
22 A Week Later Part Two / A New Beginning
23 Alan Is Poisoned / Never See Him Again
24 Relentless
25 Pride Theme
26 Head of a Dynasty
27 The Lion’s Dynasty

"Dynasties is a new kind of natural history event. Never before have we presented a landmark series with such powerful storytelling – about families, leaders and heroes"
Executive Producer Michael Gunton

"The score will send chills, give goosebumps, extract tears and at times give an all encompassing nurturing warmth. By the end of it you'll have gone on a truly wondrous journey that reminds us just how truly special the life on our planet is"
Film Music Media

"Besides attempting to musically express the arc and nuances of each individual episode, it has been my task to also find a cohesive musical language for the entire series as a whole... attempting to find the soul of this beautiful tale of human determination"
Nitin Sawhney

"Edmund Butt's "Yellowstone" is an absolute delight. It's grand, lush, melodic… beautifully written, orchestrated and performed. Yet, for all its grandeur, it is also beautifully restraint. It's perfectly balanced and an absolute joy to listen to, over and over again"
Synchrotones

"The flavour is instantly Eastern, with Ney flutes, Oud and Eastern percussion to the fore, followed by standard long string sequences and drops. There are some lovely cues here, with light moments of guitar and piano that are simple but engaging"
Record Collector

1. The Living Planet (Theme From The Series)
2. The Building Of The Earth
3. The Frozen World
4. The Northern Forests
5. Jungle
6. Seas Of Grass
7. The Baking Deserts
8. The Sky Above
9. Sweet Fresh Water
10. The Margins Of The Land
11. Worlds Apart
12. The Open Ocean
13. New Worlds (Closing Theme From The Series)

"Sampling offered up a whole new world of sound (for example using a glass bottle to create a watery flute sound in "Tropical Forests") and was exactly what I needed to fulfil my dream of the music becoming part of the natural environment"
Elizabeth Parker